Private Law 81–148

That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mr. B. G. Jones, of Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, the sum of $2,686, such sum representing the damages sustained by the said Mr. B. G. Jones to 1943 rice crops as a result of malaria control dusting of rice fields by the United States Public Health Service: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.